Car-coupling



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S. L. HOLMES.

GAR COUPLING. No. 267,531. Patented Nov. 14, 1882.

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S. LEWIS HOLMES, OF HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 267,531, dated November 14, 1882,

Application filed September 7, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL Lnwrs HOLMES, of Hillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of devices to hold up the coupling-pin so that the link will enter, and then trip the pin from either side of the car and let it fall and secure the link; also, a link-lifting device whereby the link can be lifted up to enter and couple from the sides of the car, to avoid the danger of entering between the cars for coupling, the said devices being applicable, with slight changes of form, to the draw-bars of any form in use, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

, which similar letters of reference indicate cordraw-bar and link and side elevation of the holding-up and tripping apparatus and part of the car.

I arrange a guard-ring, a, over the pin-hole b of the draw-bar c, to hold the lower end of the pin in, said ring being formed on the end of an arm, (I, which is supported a suitable distance back of the pin-hole on the draw-bar by any suitable block, 0. I prefer to attach it to a block 0 by the cross-bar or T-head f, with screws, and to this bar I fix another arm, g, which rises up and extends to a point over the ring a, where it has an eye, h, to receive a point or extension j, of the pin above the head It, and together with these arms I provide a tripping-plate, l, to slide under the pin m,

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] when it is set up in them, and to this tripper I connect a lever, a, to each side, and extending to the sides of the car, respectively, said levers being pivoted at 0 to brackets projecting from the car, and also being arranged in the guards p to hold and steady the outer ends. Together with these devices for inserting the pin, I propose to employ a link-lifter consisting of the shaft q, with handles 8 and crank it, arranged across the end of the car in bearings u, so as to be Worked from either side ofthe car to lift thelink 4; up level, and hold it for entering the draw-bar of the car to be coupled on by the crank it, which swings up forward of the draw-bar.

Thus it isouly needful to enter between the cars toset the pin before they are set in motion for coupling, and when there is no danger. The rest may be safely attended to by one at the side of the cars, as will be clearly understood.

It will be seen that the apparatus is applicable to any form of draw-bars with slight modifications of the forms and proportions of the parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v r The combination, with a draw-head having the pin-hole I), an arm, d, carrying a ring registering with the pin-hole, the arm g, having eye It over the ring, and the tripping-plate 1, arranged to slide between the ring and drawhead, of the side levers, n, whereby the pin may be caused to drop from either side of the car, as described.

S. LEWIS HOLMES.

Witnesses:

R. J. DUFFEY, CHAS. N. HOLMES. 

